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March 30, 2015
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Shortcuts for placing text in brackets

  • March 30, 2015
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Is there a script to place text in brackets in Indesign? I have a lot of text where some word need to be placed in brackets and would like to just highlight the word and use a shortcut to place it in brackets.

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Correct answer TᴀW

You may also want to consider this. It will avoid having to carefully select the text, and simply place the brackets after the last word of the selection (or even just a flashing text cursor), and before the first word:

s = app.selection[0];

s.words[-1].insertionPoints[-1].contents = "]";

s.words[0].insertionPoints[0].contents = "[";

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TᴀW
TᴀW
Legend
March 30, 2015

Hold on. This is better, because it won't mess up any formatting in the

middle:

s = app.selection[0];

s.insertionPoints[-1].contents = "]";

s.insertionPoints[0].contents = "[";

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TᴀW
TᴀWCorrect answer
Legend
March 30, 2015

You may also want to consider this. It will avoid having to carefully select the text, and simply place the brackets after the last word of the selection (or even just a flashing text cursor), and before the first word:

s = app.selection[0];

s.words[-1].insertionPoints[-1].contents = "]";

s.words[0].insertionPoints[0].contents = "[";

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    Fjellfotografen
    FjellfotografenAuthor
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    March 30, 2015

    Thanks Ariel, I'm new to script in Indesign, can you please give me a short description on how to apply the script.

    TᴀW
    TᴀW
    Legend
    March 30, 2015

    Something like this should do the trick:

    s = app.selection[0];

    c = "["+s.contents+"]";

    s.contents = c;

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